agenda against who and what? "Harrasing" Loudninja? Show me the post where I harassed loudninja, thanks. (your claim is hyperbole at it's finest)
"report: User has opinion that differs to mine"
I said their AAA games, lol.
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Days Gone Review Thread (See Staff Post)
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"report: User has opinion that differs to mine"
Bruh I clicked the video and within like 3 of the top 6 comment threads there were a bunch of "Oh it's lisa" "White blooded man protag 1/10 ign" style comments. It absolutely is drawing the shitlords.
People who follow scores really need to get it into their head that a 50 isn't an "average" game. The scoring isn't the school scoring.
70 is an average game. What a game is "expected" to get, lower than a 70, and you hit the level where "is this even worth playing?"
While (usually) an 80+ means that the game is worth putting your time into.
A 70 is one of the worst scores, imo, because it just means the game is mediocre (if you care for scores). Not particularly good, nor bad.
70 is an average game. What a game is "expected" to get, lower than a 70, and you hit the level where "is this even worth playing?"
While (usually) an 80+ means that the game is worth putting your time into.
A 70 is one of the worst scores, imo, because it just means the game is mediocre (if you care for scores). Not particularly good, nor bad.
I think a lot of us said that. It does look generic and that's not bad, it's just not good. It's always seemed like a A game trying to act like a AAA game. If this was linear like GoW I would get it so quickly but I'm over open world games.
As I said they are there unfortunately, just not the major contribution to that shaming bombing, which is fanboys mostly. Or rightwing fanboys
Think about it this way. Now, they get a ton of people coming in to buy the game at GameStop, rather than Amazon/Best Buy/etc. Most people won't come back to exchange within the time limit, even if they intend to.
If they do, now that person has $60 in GameStop credit - and GameStop has a fresh copy of Days Gone they can sell used for $55. Assuming Days Gone sells well with the casual market, they now have a large stock of used copies they can sell instead of buying new stock from Sony. GameStop sees $115 in revenue for one copy of Days Gone. In exchange they give out $60 in credit that may or may not be used.
It's a gamble, for sure. But if you're running a retail outlet and need fast revenue - there have been worse ideas. Of course, the risk is that Days Gone doesn't actually have the casual legs they're expecting - and they're left with a shitton of used copies that they paid far over market value for.
If you see used copies of Days Gone going for $20 come June, GameStop won't make it to 2020.
if you're entering this thread, do not post anything positive about the game or you be will crucified, because if the game is not 90+ on metacritic is not worth playing ffs
The problem is those "gamey" aspects don't necessarily stand up to its counterparts either. It's a fine game to be sure, so it's getting hit because it doesn't particularly stand out in terms of those mechanics. RDR2 had control problems, but you soaked in the world and the story was fantastic. Far Cry 5 is narrative nonsense, but quite fun to play. Days Gone sort of... splits the difference? It's the jack of all trades problem.
The Mad Max comparisons are apt.
I've been slowly finding Reviews less and less relevant over the years.
Between them handing out 9s and 10s like candy and the low review scores for games I found quite enjoyable, I would just rather trust my own eyes 9 times out of ten.
Ryse, Dead Rising 3, Killer Instinct, Killzone ShadowFall, The Order, Crackdown 3, Mario Tennis Ultimate Smash plus others are all games I thoroughly enjoyed but either reviewed poorly or were poorly received by the community.
If you replaced Kratos with the LoTF MC and it was "Lords of The Fallen: God of War" I'd bet real life moneybucks that it wouldn't score a point above 75.
Keep in mind, the number of people who are going to either beat or be out on Days Gone within 48 hours of launch day are minuscule. People parroting the same stupid takes w/o reading the fine print. GameStop will gladly take that hit if it somehow gets more people in the door. The biggest problem for GameStop isn't that this promotion will somehow backfire or be exploited, it's that it probably won't be effective.
I mean it always depends on what you paid for it. My friend got The Order for $5 and he thought it was damn good game and shocked to find out about the low scores in MC. I rented the game when it came out and though it good a weekend rental game. Now, if I pay $60 for it, that would be a different story. The same thing will happen to Days Gone, the cheaper it gets (and fixed), the more "I thought it was a fun game, why was everyone giving it a hard time?" will show up, happens EVERY TIME.
That's because you have bad taste. It's OK, though; we can't all be blessed.
Oh yeah, there's a reason this is a 48 hour limit instead of a 72 hour limit. If they define "Launch" as 10am Friday, you have until 10am Sunday to return it for full credit. But since the store isn't open at 9:59am Sunday, the deadline is more like closing time Saturday. Most people also work in Friday, so they won't be playing. Rather they'll start playing Friday night, and have to decide Saturday afternoon if they want to cash out.
Killer Instinct got reviewed again by some outlets during Season 2 and 3, and got an 86. I was pretty adamant day 1 that it was a great game(in my opinion best fighting game), but the amount of content was the issue for reviewers. I also was adamant about Rainbow Six Siege for the same reason.
Personally i think Crackdown, Ryse, and Killzone got the scores they deserved. I reviewed Crackdown recently and gave it a 68 myself. I enjoyed it, but there was a lot of things to dislike. Killzone i hated. Cant speak for DR3, or 1886
VG247's review stated that the main missions are pretty linear so idk if Days Gone has better mission design.
"In missions, it wants you to play a very specific way, too. Go slightly off course and a warning flashes up that you're leaving the mission area. Keep going and you're back to a checkpoint.
In one mission, I'm driving a girl across the map to a nearby camp. We come to a tunnel and it quickly becomes apparent that this is a trap. I'm expected to get off my bike, kill all the enemies, then go back to my bike and ride through. Fuck that. I just ride through with the kid still on my back seat. As soon as I exit the tunnel, both of us fully intact, I get a mission failed screen for leaving the kid behind – the kid that's on my back seat."
https://www.vg247.com/2019/04/25/days-gone-review/amp/
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Well, this thread is about Days Gone Reviews, not about a particular user, so let's keep the focus on the reviews, thank you.
Nice one. He really liked it. And as he said, it has a lot of potention for DG2.
Honestly a bit shocked, thought it was due for low 80s for sure.
Curious how word of mouth will affect sales. It probably won't have the legs GOW and Spidey did but it might have a good launch at least.
Curious how word of mouth will affect sales. It probably won't have the legs GOW and Spidey did but it might have a good launch at least.
This gen they have been a lot better with review scores. If a game got a 94 it earned it, as well if it got a 60 it earned that.
Eh, I don't think it's that simple, and the complexity is where I think most scale-based reasoning usually falls apart. There are a lot of games that get 70 or below for reasons other than being "not even worth playing". Niche games, or games that may not be necessarily "good" games on a review playthrough, but provide some kind of enjoyable experience if a regular person puts some time into it. I've seen games in the 60s that find some kind of audience.
I was about to post something similar in that thread that got locked...
But for school scoring, 50, 60 is failing. 70 is passing. I should say some schools, lol.
IIRC, up to 69 is failing. At least up to 65 for sure is.
Days Gone would be able to walk across the stage, graduate with a 72.
Era tells me 72 is a good score, so Spider-man should be happy with it. :P
Huh Imagine that. It wouldn't surprise me one bit if a lot of these reviewers like the Gamespot one played 10-20 hours, made up their mind, and then dropped the game.
Oh I've enjoyed loads of lower scored games, I was speaking more general. And I think the general response to a game under 70 is, "will I spend 60 dollars on this? Probably not".
I had a ton of fun with Crackdown 3, but I wouldn't have bought it full price (or any price really, due to gamepass).
Don't know if this one has been posted, or if anybody visits this site for anything but trophy guides, but PlayStation Trophies really enjoyed it, giving it a 90/100.
Source: https://www.playstationtrophies.org/game/days-gone/review/
Look, if you dont find a game good within the first ten hours (I'd even say two) then you are never going to find it good and it's not the player or reviewer's responsibility to force themselves to get to the endgame where it apparently gets good.
I'd trust most reviewers over some guy who calls himself "PS4_Trophies" on Twitter.
That is fair enough, I'm glad you explained it the way you did. I'm looking to enjoy Days Gone for what it is and what I earlier described. I will be surprised if any major aspect of the game is as egregious as Rockstar being the publisher that they are thinking gameplay mechanics straight out of 2008 is acceptable for 2018 standards. Bend Studio at least with a peak staff count of ~140 people have a reason for falling behind their open world contemporaries? I don't see Rockstar having one.
That is the handle for the website they run. Person who plays video games inside-out to get all of the trophies and make guides for them as a job? Granted I don't think he is in the role that requires him to post detailed critical opinions on the games he plays like reviewers do and that doesn't guarantee he's a better critic, but he certainly would know these games in a more intimate manner than most reviewers due to the nature of what they do.
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He isn't just some random guy. Brian is a great guy who makes guides for games. I'd trust him over people like that girl from Gamespot who wants to throw her political beliefs into the mix.
I see a lot of positive reviews? And a lot of DODGED A BULLET THERE LADS! comments from people cancelling preorders. 70 odd isn't a bad game, this narrative that stuff is only worth playing if it's 80-90 or above is idiotic.
A lot of the comments in the negative reviews don't sound like stuff that will bother me. I couldn't care less if Deacon trades slaves and kills infected children.
A lot of the comments in the negative reviews don't sound like stuff that will bother me. I couldn't care less if Deacon trades slaves and kills infected children.
Agreed.
Regardless of this particular game, if I have to play 30 or 40 hours for it to get good or make sense then I'd rather play something else.
Hello, goodbye!
Fair. But even so, not a rando I'd place particular trust in.
Yong Yea pointed out something I was concerned about prior to release and that is Deacon constantly talking to himself. In the example he gives in his video, it's actually worse than I thought it could be and treads steadfast and headlong into cringe territory.
I'll stick with Gamespot and the other 25 review sites saying the same thing - this game is average at best, terrible at it's worst.
'Ps4 trophies' a bit upset at a ps4 exclusive getting panned.....hmmmm
